The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1941

4,002 different boys’ names were recorded in 1941, covering 1,228,318 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	James	66,751
2	Robert	64,247
3	John	57,520
4	William	47,798
5	Richard	39,112
6	Charles	32,742
7	David	30,553
8	Thomas	26,641
9	Ronald	24,407
10	Donald	22,641
11	Larry	20,134
12	Joseph	19,808
13	George	19,260
14	Jerry	16,799
15	Kenneth	16,143
16	Michael	15,935
17	Edward	15,580
18	Paul	15,166
19	Gary	14,568
20	Gerald	10,942
21	Frank	10,795
22	Raymond	9,951
23	Dennis	9,562
24	Harold	8,102
25	Roger	8,095
26	Walter	7,745
27	Billy	7,655
28	Henry	7,165
29	Carl	7,160
30	Joe	7,158
31	Daniel	7,050
32	Jack	6,950
33	Arthur	6,739
34	Lawrence	6,653
35	Bobby	6,589
36	Willie	6,526
37	Wayne	6,112
38	Ralph	6,040
39	Roy	5,950
40	Albert	5,927
41	Stephen	5,811
42	Eugene	5,754
43	Fred	5,619
44	Peter	5,607
45	Jimmy	5,336
46	Anthony	5,239
47	Howard	5,067
48	Harry	5,056
49	Norman	4,459
50	Louis	4,447
51	Bruce	4,302
52	Philip	4,166
53	Douglas	4,146
54	Leonard	3,986
55	Johnny	3,983
56	Melvin	3,951
57	Stanley	3,926
58	Earl	3,806
59	Dale	3,791
60	Francis	3,738
61	Ernest	3,726
62	Clarence	3,671
63	Marvin	3,626
64	Terry	3,606
65	Samuel	3,538
66	Don	3,533
67	Leroy	3,524
68	Bill	3,453
69	Frederick	3,288
70	Patrick	3,155
71	Tommy	3,087
72	Gene	3,073
73	Allen	3,060
74	Alfred	3,052
75	Russell	3,032
76	Herbert	2,964
77	Phillip	2,871
78	Eddie	2,850
79	Ronnie	2,848
80	Jim	2,843
81	Lee	2,742
82	Andrew	2,708
83	Ray	2,695
84	Alan	2,624
85	Martin	2,605
86	Glenn	2,523
87	Bernard	2,509
88	Tom	2,500
89	Jimmie	2,473
90	Steven	2,468
91	Barry	2,465
92	Gordon	2,404
93	Leon	2,375
94	Clifford	2,363
95	Theodore	2,330
96	Lloyd	2,252
97	Edwin	2,214
98	Franklin	2,205
99	Jesse	2,184
100	Curtis	2,164
101	Jerome	2,156
102	Floyd	2,109
103	Bob	2,074
104	Vincent	2,049
105	Warren	2,043
106	Harvey	2,017
107	Alvin	2,016
108	Vernon	1,976
109	Lewis	1,973
110	Jackie	1,968
111	Mike	1,933
112	Steve	1,881
113	Clyde	1,872
114	Herman	1,779
115	Charlie	1,756
116	Leo	1,726
117	Gilbert	1,704
118	Victor	1,667
119	Keith	1,652
120	Danny	1,644
121	Timothy	1,632
122	Mark	1,624
123	Arnold	1,600
124	Benjamin	1,578
125	Lester	1,563
126	Leslie	1,557
127	Rodney	1,551
128	Jon	1,545
129	Duane	1,535
130	Darrell	1,530
131	Johnnie	1,515
132	Cecil	1,512
133	Calvin	1,511
134	Jeffrey	1,502
135	Allan	1,492
136	Chester	1,448
137	Jay	1,416
138	Freddie	1,412
139	Glen	1,410
140	Milton	1,385
141	Lynn	1,351
142	Joel	1,339
143	Dean	1,288
144	Roland	1,286
145	Tony	1,225
146	Nicholas	1,212
147	Lonnie	1,202
147	Elmer	1,202
149	Jose	1,194
150	Sam	1,191
151	Claude	1,189
152	Dan	1,154
153	Brian	1,123
154	Manuel	1,120
155	Wallace	1,117
156	Ted	1,096
157	Wendell	1,094
158	Wesley	1,091
159	Willard	1,085
160	Hugh	1,083
161	Neil	1,074
162	Jessie	1,038
163	Maurice	1,026
164	Marion	1,025
165	Oscar	1,022
166	Everett	990
167	Edgar	989
168	Lyle	939
169	Max	931
170	Virgil	923
171	Dick	893
172	Sidney	891
173	Stuart	886
174	Morris	876
175	Marshall	869
176	Lowell	865
177	Dave	864
177	Karl	864
179	Luther	843
180	Bennie	837
181	Benny	835
182	Nathaniel	829
183	Gregory	824
184	Alexander	818
185	Earnest	812
186	Nelson	791
187	Donnie	786
188	Carroll	783
189	Homer	776
190	Ben	767
191	Guy	760
192	Delbert	756
193	Horace	741
194	Clinton	737
195	Otis	736
196	Hubert	731
197	Fredrick	729
198	Matthew	727
199	Eric	703
200	Gerard	689

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1941 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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